Cops search for missing 15-year-old girl

BEAUFORT - A Beaufort teenage girl was reported missing Tuesday afternoon, and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office is seeking help finding her.

Fifteen-year-old Chante Ciara McCreary was last heard from by her family at about 11 p.m. Sunday, when she telephoned her mother and asked to be picked up in front of Beaufort Middle School. Earlier she had told her family she was going to spend Saturday night at a friend's house.

Inclement weather delayed the mother's arrival at the school, and the girl was not there when the mother did arrive. The girl could not be reached by phone because her pre-paid phone was out of minutes, Sgt. Robin McIntosh said Wednesday.

"McCreary's family has been unable to reach McCreary since Sunday night, and believes that she may possibly be in the company of her boyfriend, known only as 'Scooby,' who lives somewhere in the vicinity of Beaufort Middle School," McIntosh said.

The girl is black, about 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. It is unknown what clothing she may be wearing.

The Sheriff's Office asked anyone with information on her whereabouts to call the dispatch center at 524-2777.